How We Served, by John Kenneth Justin
Justin Oral History Center
U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Biographies
This page is a series of links to biographies of members of the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine. The Stories below have been submitted to me by service members or their families by email. If you have any such stories to submit please email me below. Thank you and enjoy.
At the very bottom of the page I will also include any obituaries I may find from time to time.
Bob Benvenuto, USS LST 279, USN, D-Day at Normandy (updated 4/26/00)
Fred Blechman, Lt, VF-14, USN (updated 3/19/99)
Wallace Bowie, U.S.S. Ingraham, USN
Shirley W. Bradfield, Cox(T), VCB, USNR, WWII (new 7/18/20)
Howard H. Brown, CM3/c, USS Manlove DE-36, USN, Use Back Key To Return (Now on Wayback Machine)
Dorothy Riehle Call, Y2/C, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington DC, U.S. Waves, USN, WWII
Charles G. Calkins, Sr., USCG, USN (new 2/17/01)
Harry L. Carlisle, Merchant Marine, WWII (new 1/11/18)
Leonard Grant Caves, SS Jacob A. Westervelt & S.S. Arcadia Victory & S.S. Valdosta Victory & S.S. Wellesley Victory, USMM, WWII (1/28/20)
Harry C. Chilton, ADC, USS Curtis AV-4, Pearl Harbor, WWII, USN (new 9/27/05)
Francis H. Clifton, VP-23 / VPB-23, USN (updated 4/22/00)
Charles Coggins, Ordinance Man, Belleau Wood CVL-24, USN, WWII (new 4/20/20)
Sidney L. Coggins, Sailor, US Navy, WWII(new 4/19/20)
Earl Cook, PhM3/c, USN / USMC
Nello D'Annunnzio, USS Chevalier, DD-451, USN
Robert Decker, Sailor, USS Hurst DE-250 & USCG Cutter Sebago & USCG Cutter Ingham & Nantucket Light Ship & US Merchant Marine
John M. DiFusco, QM3/c, U.S.S. Belleau Wood, USN (updated 4/22/01)
Robert Joseph Dorr, ARM1/c(T)(CA), V-6, U.S.S. Belleau Wood, Scouting 24, USNR (new 1/30/01)
Fred Draeger, AOM1c, USS Bunker Hill, USN, WWII ( new 2/24/2021)
J. L. "Roy" DuBosque, Gun Striker, 6th Division, USS St. Louis / USS Philadelphia / HMS Dido, USN, Pearl Harbor ( new 1/29/00)
Don Ellwood, Ablebodied Seaman, Merchant Marine, WWII / Senior Chief Quartermaster, United States Navy, Korea Vietnam Cold War (new 12/14/06)
Leslie Russell Fales, Merchant Marine
Lewis Finkelstein, Draft Spur 86, Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy, WWII, USN(new 1/11/18)
George H. Farlow, USS Chandler, DSM-9, Pearl Harbor, USN (updated 6/16/03 new 8/20/01)
Harold E. Flockhart, Merchant Marine (updated 3/11/04)
Abecs "AW" W. Gaines, SCPO, USS Independence, USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Nimitz, USN, Active
Bryan Lee Gentry, U.S.S. Belleau Wood, LHA3, USN
Leon Geoffrey, Supply Officer, USS William P. Biddle, US Navy (new 7/13/20)
Cecil Martin Greene, LST, 1944
Earl F. Haferbecker, Radioman, Naval Armed Guard SS Reigh Count & Commander Atlantic Fleet & USS John Parrott (DD218) & USS Wallace L. Lind (DD703), USN (Updated 2/3/03, new 12/6/02)
Magnus Hagen, Chief Engineer, Merchant Marine (new 7/15/01)
Homer Hall, USS Belleau Wood, CVL-24, USN (new 9/16/00)
Jesus Manuel Herrera, Sailor, WWII, USN (new 10/30/2019)
Jesse F. Ivins, Jr., FCO 2/c AS8, U.S.S. Iolanda, AKS14, USN (updated 1/05/01)
Robert James, USS Investigator, AGR-9, USN
Martin H. Kopp, Merchant Marine
Jerry Krim, AM3/C, VI Division, USS Belleau Wood CVL-24, USN, WWII
Roy S. Lehman, MM1/C, USS Witchita CA450, USN, WWII (new 6/23/04)
Carl Leiner, Sailor, LST 906 & LST 526, USN(new 4/24/20)
Howard V. Lightner, Sailor, LST 279, WWII, Cold War, USN(new 11/1/19)
Richard A. Litherland, U.S.S. Pennsylvania
Bob Marvin, Radar Operator, VC-12/VAW-12, USN, Cold War (new 5/8/99)
Win. Mattson, Fire Controlman, USS Cabot CVL-28, US Navy(new 7/11/20)
Frank Burchett Maupin, Jr., U.S.S. Enterprise, WWII, USN (updated 4/20/01)
Irma Jack Medley, Sailor, USS Arizona, USN
Ray Merrill, Aviation Radioman, PBY VP, USS Ballard, Pearl Harbor, USN (updated 8/21/00)
Jesse Ruben Moreno, EM3/c, USS Chandler DMS9, United States Navy, World War II (new 2/4/07)
John I. Morgan, F2/c, USS Steamer Bay, CVE-87, USN (updated 8/12/02, new 4/29/01)
W. H. Mowery, Sailor, WWII, USN (new 1/29/03)
Frank W. Nadeau Jr., Gunner, Helldiver, VB-84, AG-84, USS Bunker Hill, US Navy WWII & Col., 11th Airborne, U.S. Army, Korea, Vietnam, (new 4/1/20)
Nelson Napp, SS Exchequer, Merchant Marine
Harold E. Nelson, Aviation Metalsmith 3/C, Pensacola NAS, Florida, USN( new 12/1/00)
William F. Nesser, Merchant Marine (updated 3/14/99)
Bobby Lloyd Nichols, USS Eisner, DE192, USN
C. V. Norris ( Bud Norris ), Damage Control 2nd Class, USS Curtis AV-4, United States Navy
John J. Ogert, BMC, USS Heywood AP-12, USS Ormsby APA-49, USS Great Sitken AE-17, USS Richard Page DEG-5, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, USN (updated 11/9/02, new 10/19/02)
Robert Garner Packer, CM3/c, USS Currituck AV-7, Aleutian Islands, Dutch Harbor, USN (new 2/23/01)
John Ray Partin, Signalman, PO1, USS Hovey DMS-11 & USS Carmita IX 152, USN, WWII (new 11/7/2019)
Harold Pelias, Phy/2nd LST 497, 1944
Silas Pellington, S.S. Mongolia, US Merchant Marine
Harry C. Perkins, U.S.S. Yorktown, CV10 (updated 3/3/01)
Mike Piazza, MM1/c, LST 957, USN (new 1/26/01)
Alfred M. Pride, Adm, U.S.S. Belleau Wood, USN
James "Red" Quinn, Jr., Sea Bees, USN
Dewey Wayne Reed, Yeoman 2nd Class, Phillipines, USN
Charles E. Rhea Jr., Seaman 2/c, USS Ozark, & SMSGT (ret.) USAF (new 6/7/20)
Earl "Chicken" Rhoden, CPO, VP24/VP12, Pearl Harbor, USS Saipan, CVL 48 (updated 12/26/99)
Howard Stanley Rivet, Oiler, S.S. Alamar, Merchant Marine
Ken Rulf, PhM2, D Company, 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, USNR
Robert Sandel, RM2CWE, USCGC Kickapoo, USCG Algonquin, USCGC Faunce, Radio Station WAX, USCG (updated 3/9/03)
Harold Frank Schmidt, Merchant Marine (updated 12/26/99)
Johanus "John" Schryvers, MV Poelav Bras, POW, Dutch Merchant Marine
David V. Selders, SK2/c, LST 226, LST 1044, USNR
Charles B. Shafer, Sailor, USS LST 279, USN (new 10/21/03)
William W. Slattery, USN (new 11/6/01)
James R. Smith, Olongapa, Subic Bay Luzon Philippines, USN, WWII
James Spittel, Sailor, USS Eisner DE 192, US Navy, WWII
Harry Evereet Stiltz, AMM3/c, HEDRON FAIR Wing Two, USN
John Stokes, Sailor, Hatchman and Winchman Detail, Armed Guard, SS Saginaw Victory, SS Louis Weule, Okinawa, USN (new 2/17/05)
Henry H. Stone, Signalman 3/c, COMTRANSDIV 10, USS Henry T. Allen (AP -30), USS Argonne & COMTRANSDIV 14, USS Hunter Leggett, & USS Clay, USN (new 7/09/03)
Laurence Fletcher Talbott, USS Ozark, LSV2, USN (updated 6/3/99)
Bob Tassinari, Sailor, USN, WWII (new 4/20/20)
Norman P. Volz, Seaman 1/C, USS William P. Biddle APA-8, USN, WWII (new 12/1/06)
Clifford Ray Waller, Sailor, USN, WWII, Cold War (new 11/15/19)
Ralph Wilcox, USS Shangri La, USN (new 5/12/00)
William Wilkie, Gunner, Armed Guard & U.S.S. Oklahoma City CL-91, WWII, USN (new 1/4/08)
Frederick P. Williams, Cpt, CO/ TranDiv 13, BuPers, USS Ozark (World War II), CO/DesRon 3 (Korea), USN
Leo V. Williams, Merchant Marine (new 1/10/01)
Frank Wolff, LT.j.g., USS Saratoga, 1944-45
Herbert F. B. Wright, C.P.O., C.B., Normandy 1944
Biography of F.J. Zantvoort, Monteur III z.m., Royal Dutch Navy & MV Poelau Bras Survivor, WWII (new 9/6/03)
Joseph V. Zary, LST-516, Normandy, USN, WWII (new 10/27/19)
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Robert Allison, Ens, VC-93, USS Petrof Bay, CVE-80, USN
James Bernard Annis, Jr., Chief Electricians Mate, USS Indianapolis, USN
Leverne Keith Annis, Squadrons VS-51 & VS-1-D14, USN
James Roland Argo, Phm, USS LCI(L) 489, Omaha Beach, D-Day, USN
Lawrence Nelson Bates, Lt(jg), USS Tangier, AV-8, Pearl Harbor, USN
Charles Miller Bohnstadt II, Chief Quartermaster, Pearl Harbor, USN
Tom Bowerman, Gunners Mate 2/c, Naval Armed Guard, USN (link is to his book on the internet archive. Also check out the site he started on The Naval Armed Guard. (link updated 7/28/2020)
Roy Cella, Qm 2/c, USS Sumner, AG-32, Pearl Harbor, USN
L. W. Jeffreys, Lt, VC-93, USS Petrof Bay, CVE-80, USN
Mark Wayne Felhofer, AMH1(AW/NAC), VT-28/USS Kittyhawk CV-63/VRC-50/VS-37USN, Cold War, Gulf War
John W. Finn, Lt. / AOC, VP-14, VP-45, Pearl Harbor, USN
Myron Howard, USN USS Bream SSK 243, USS Springer SS414 Cold War
Buck McCalla, USS Bluegill, AGSS242, USN, Cold War
James A. McClure, M.D., Lt. (JG), U.S.S. Chimo ACM-1, USN
George Mullins, Jr., USCG
Charles W. Paige, (mirror site here) RM/3, USS Midway, Vietnam, USN
John Partin, CPNCS, USS Cambria (APA-36), COMPHIBRON VI, USS Taconic, USS Pocono, USS Shadwell, USS FRANCIS MARION, NRTC, Joplin, MO, SERE Coronado, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Vietnam, USS VEGA (AF59), NRTC, Joplin, USS MARS (AFS1), COMSERVRON SEVEN Staff, USS ENTERPRISE (CVAN65), NTTC, Meridian, MS, USS SAN JOSE (AFS7), Naval Recruiting District, St. Louis USN
Jack O. Phillips, VP-14, USS Tangier, Pearl Harbor, USN
Earl S. Pullin, Gunner's Mate, USS Helena, CA-75, Cold War
John Francis Richter, HM1, Corpsman, USN
William J. Sneed, VP-54, USS Tangier, USN
James Ralph "Tony El Tigre" Spletstoser, Smn1/c, LST, USN WWII, DOD 214th CAB, Vietnam
Glen C. Turner, Smn 1/c, USS California, BB-44, Pearl Harbor, USN
Paul Urdzik, USS Vestal, AR-4, Pearl Harbor, USN
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LINKS
How to Research the Coast Guard & Merchant Marine
America At War, An interactive WWII History Page with Photos and Veteran Interviews
American Merchant Marines, Juan De Fuca Chapter, By, For and about Merchant Mariners
American Merchant Marine Service A site with biographies and more
Association of Aviation Ordnancemen, Page for Veteran and Active Navy Groundcrew
Briefing Room, A Chat Room To Talk With Other Visitors
Escort Carriers Sailors and Airmens Association veterans website
Pearl Harbor Survivor Remembers, 1995 Article on service with Kaneohe CMH recipient John Finn
U.S. Navy Armed Guard WWII Vets Page, Much on Navy Men on Merchant Marine Ships
US Naval Institute Oral History Program, Page with listing of histories and how to buy em, some stories
The Online DC-3 Aviation Museum A Webpage about the DC-3, C-47, RD-4 and their crews
Reunion Page, Notices of reunions and links to reunion pages
VP/VPB-54 Home Page, Patrol Squadron Home Association page
USS Washington, BB56, Association, Webpage for veterans of Battlewagon
W.W. II Two U.S. Veterans Website, More Veterans Stories and More
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Obituary Listings
From time to time I will happen upon an obituary listing of a veteran in an online paper. To honor these men, I will list them here.
A. Norman Krueger, Lt., USS Lipscombe Bay, USS Belleau Wood, WWII, USN, 82, Retired from Pontiac; WWII veteran; enjoyed golf, bridge WEST YARMOUTH - A. Norman "Norm" Krueger, 82, died Sunday at his home. Born in Detroit, Mich., Mr. Krueger attended Detroit schools and graduated from Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Mich. He enlisted in the Navy during World War II and attended Columbia University for midshipman school. He served aboard the aircraft carriers USS Liscombe Bay and USS Belleau Wood in the Pacific and was discharged as a lieutenant. He was awarded the Purple Heart. After the war, he was employed by Socony Vacuum Oil Co. in Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Krueger moved to New Hampshire and worked at a car dealership in Keene, N.H. In 1955 he joined the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors and worked for the company in Wethersfield, Conn., Needham and East Brunswick, N.J. In 1980, he retired and moved to West Yarmouth. Mr. Krueger was a member of the First Congregational Church of Yarmouth, a member of the Bass River Bayberry Golf Course and the Cape Cod Men's Club. He was also master of Masonic Lodge, Jerusalem 104 in Keene, N.H. He enjoyed playing social and duplicate bridge at the Yarmouth Senior Center. (From the Cape Cod Times 4/5/01)
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